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Center for Teaching for Biliteracy In-Person and Online Events:

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May 13 & 14, 2026: Updated! Online Teaching for Biliteracy Two-Day Institute

Join us for a two-day live, online institute designed for educators in bilingual and dual language programs. Through a highly interactive format, the institute will feature:

Effective strategies for the strategic use of Spanish (or another non-English language) and English in biliteracy instruction
Best practices for teaching literacy in both languages
Practical strategies to implement the Bridge and bridging languages
The Biliteracy Unit Framework (BUF) for designing and delivering standards-based instruction that integrates language, literacy, and content
Programmatic structures to support biliteracy instruction and to ensure sustainability, including:
- Language and content allocation plans
- Biliteracy schedules
- Biliteracy curriculum maps

NEWLY ADDED: May 19, 2026: UPDATED! Delving Deeper into the Bridge for Biliteracy

This one-day virtual institute is designed for educators and leaders interested in strengthening their implementation of the Bridge for biliteracy. Whether you’re deep into dual language instruction or just beginning to integrate the Bridge into your practice, this session offers clarity, guidance and tools, and support for ensuring students engage in transfer and contrastive analysis.

Participants will:

Review the Biliteracy Unit Framework and the three linguistic spaces of biliteracy instruction: Spanish (or a non-English language), English, and the Bridge and its two purposes
Deepen their understanding of the Bridge as a key component of biliteracy instruction
Distinguish between the Bridge (as a pedagogical moment focused on transfer and contrastive analysis) and bridging (cross-linguistic connections)
Explore strategies to implement the Bridge more intentionally and consistently across content areas
Engage in interactive activities and small group discussions focused on implementation, challenges and solutions
Leave with resources and tools to support next steps in your schools and programs

SUMMER INSTITUTES 2026

Washington:

June 23-25, 2026: In-person 3-Day Teaching for Biliteracy Summer Institute in Grandview, WA

The Teaching for Biliteracy Summer Institute brings together district and school-level teams of educators to engage in a deep dive into the instructional, programmatic, and curricular elements of teaching for biliteracy and the Bridge. This robust, multi-day institute will include large-group networking experiences and small-group sessions focused on specific biliteracy topics.

The institute will feature:

What biliteracy is, how it differs from monoliteracy, and instructional implications for each language.
Biliteracy unit framework for developing and delivering standards-based biliteracy units of instruction that integrate the teaching of language, literacy, and content.
Best practices in teaching Spanish (or other non-English language) and English literacy.
Sample biliteracy instruction and strategies that support the Bridge between languages.
Planning the strategic use of language on the part of the teacher.
Biliteracy schedules, language and content allocation plans, biliteracy curriculum maps, and other programmatic systems and structures to support biliteracy instruction.
Networking opportunities for dual language stakeholders in a variety of positions.

Target Audience:

This institute is designed for educators working in dual language programs that provide Spanish literacy (or a non-English language) and English literacy to students in one-way (AKA development bilingual or maintenance bilingual) or two-way programs.
It is recommended that teams of teachers and administrators attend together. Effective makeup of teams includes teachers and decision-makers, and those who support teachers such as coaches, specialists, principals and assistant principals, curriculum directors, literacy directors, bilingual directors, assistant superintendents, and school board members. We take a systems approach to implementing teaching for biliteracy; therefore, we will be sharing several structures that will require understanding and support on the part of teachers, leadership, and decision-makers to ensure they are well-implemented.

California:

July 21-23, 2026: In-person 3-Day Teaching for Biliteracy Summer Institute in Oxnard, CA.